Johann Nepomuk Nestroy had a succesfull career as an opera singer
in European cities between 1822 and 1831. After he had returned
to Vienna he started writing plays as well. His "Lumpacivagabundus"
(1833) was an immediate succes. After Raimund died he was the
leading playwright in Vienna.

During the 1840s and
1850s he wrote over eighty comic plays and among his further
successes were "Der Talisman" (1840), "Das Mädl aus der Vorstadt"
(1841) and "Einen Jux will er sich machen" (1842). For the
social comments in his plays he often used ambiguous words because
of the censorship in those days. Adolf Müller often wrote the
music for Nestroy's plays.

He was buried at the Währinger
Ortsfriedhof in Vienna but in later years his remains were transferred
to the Zentralfriedhof. There is a Nestroyplatz in Vienna and
a theatre prize of the city of Vienna was named after him in
2000.

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The grave of Johan Nepomuk Nestroy at the Zentralfriedhof, Vienna.Picture by Androom (25 Jan 1999)